In football, wrestling and lacrosse, despite his 5-foot-6 frame, Brous brought a physicality to each position he played.

But it was the spring sport that he always loved.

Torn for a while, lacrosse presented more opportunities because of his specialty as a FOGO, faceoff and get off and Brouse signed his national letter of intent at Lynn University in November.

“I just love the game of lacrosse and want to continue playing it,” Brous said. “Lynn seemed like an awesome fit. It’s beautiful campus. It’s right in Florida at the beach.”

Being a faceoff specialist, Brous found the perfect blend of football and wrestling, having a low center of gravity and a bull-like stockiness gave him an edge in the scrum of a faceoff.

All of those physical qualities, plus his mental drive, which is like the tenacity of a pitbull, made Brous into Decatur’s faceoff man.

“He’s our faceoff guy,” head coach Scott Lathroum said for a story last spring. “You just have to be mean, tough and quick and fast and all that. He has that. He cannot stand to be beat. If a guy gets the better of him in the first couple of faceoffs, he just takes it personal.”

During that spring 2014 article, Brous said he was would love to play division III lacrosse. He is a great faceoff player and solid defender, but sometimes the skills going forward after winning a faceoff come up short.

With the work he’s put in, Brous was able to land a D-II scholarship with Lynn, who will be entering its third year as a program this spring.

The senior midfielder will have familiar faces down south. Travel teammate Travis Quillin joined the program two years ago from Sussex Tech, and one of Brous’ rivals will stay the same.

“It’s kind of funny,” Brous said. “Ross and I are pretty close and we talked about it. He committed to Tampa earlier, and he was like, ‘Come on, go to Lynn and continue the rivalry.’ That was one of the things that’s just awesome to have somebody I know going against.”

Brous’ love for the game came from his father, Joel, who played at Worcester Prep and Penn State.

“He always says, ‘Dryden’s faster than I am. Dryden’s stronger than I am,’ ” Christine Brous said of her husband.

Although Joel Brous never pushed his son into lacrosse, he always had an interest.

Joel Brous has always been a little jealous of Dryden’s physical attributes because he said he was a slow attackman.

“It’s exciting because, faceoffs have always been important, but faceoffs and goalkeeping are probably the two most important positions now for possession in the game,” Joel Brous said.

Lynn was the perfect fit for Dryden. It’s near the beach in Florida with new and energectic coaches, who said they will be keeping an eye on the kids during the offseason too since Florida isn’t a big lacrosse state and a lot of kids travel.